Taylor Ware

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Taylor Ware
Background information
Birth name	Taylor Marie Ware
Born	September 17, 1994 (age 12)
Origin	Franklin, Tennessee
Genre(s)	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2003–present
Website	taylorware.com

Taylor Marie Ware (born September 17, 1994) is an American singer and yodeler from Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville.

Before Ware knew how to yodel, she performed at a county fair at age four. Her talent was singing and playing a violin. When she was six she decided to sing to seniors, so she started an Adopt-a-Grandparent program. According to Ware, she taught herself to yodel from an audiotape and instruction book when she was seven years old, after going to a convention with a friend.

In 2003, Ware won $10,000 in the Yahoo! Yodel Challenge. She beat eight other yodelers to receive her prize. She was later featured in a Yahoo commercial. She also participated in a challenge to beat a Guinness world record.

Ware performed on the Grand Ole Opry with Riders in the Sky when she was nine years old. At age eleven, she competed on NBC's America's Got Talent and was selected by the viewers on July 13, 2006 to advance to the final competition (which aired on August 16, 2006). She was one of the top five finalists but she lost to 11-year old Bianca Ryan and Irish step-dancers/fiddlers, Celtic Spring. The million-dollar prize was later awarded to Ryan.

Taylor's younger brother, Harrison, is also a singer and yodeler. He performed onstage at the Tennessee State Fair.

Ware released her self-titled debut album in 2004. Her next album is scheduled for a March 2007 release. She appeared in an episode of Laguna Beach as herself.^[1] Taylor was an opening act at the Liberty Bowl for singer LeAnn Rimes in Memphis, Tennessee on December 29, 2006, performing the national anthem.